State v. Norman

— The appellant, Pete Norman, and Jim Dunnegan, Margaret MeAtee, and Marie Bergman, were indicted jointly by the grand jury of_Polk County for the crime of assault with intent to rob Fred Erisman. A separate trial of Pete Norman was had, and he was found guilty, and sentenced for an indeterminate period' of five years at the Beformatory at Anamosa.

On the trial, the State introduced evidence tending to show that the defendants, the four persons jointly indicted, had been associating together, — had been together considerably, — for several days before the alleged assault with intent to commit…